Stair-rod



(Model.)

G. MEISENBACH, J1. i

STAI?. ROD.

No. 428,505. Patented May 20, 1890.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

GUSTAVE MEISENBACH, JR., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STAlR-ROD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,505, dated May 20, 1890.

Application filed March 5, 1890. Serial No. 342,747. (Model.)

To all whom, it may concern: y

Beit known that I, GUsTAvE MEISENBACH, .Ir.,of St. Louis,in theState of Missouri,havein vented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Carpet-IVeights for Stone Steps, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in loose removable gravity-weights used in holding carpets in place upon stone steps, Where the ordinary stair-rods would be of no avail; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of a weight hereinafter specified, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l. is a front elevation showing my improved holder or weight applied to stone steps. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a weight. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line :r of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a broken View of a modied form, showing theweight composed of a hollow ornamental exterior shell' and a filling of a heavier material.

Heretofore in laying carpets upon stone steps various crude devices-such as brickbats, shells of the sea, &c.-have beenV employed for the purpose, as it was clear that stair-rods and securers of ordinary construction would not apply to steps of stone oriron.

The object of my invention is to obviate all such difficulties and provide a gravity weight or holder of ornamental exterior ap pearance, which shall be small in comparison to its weight, and adapted to prevent carpets placed on stone steps from blowing away, by means of the Weight of the carpet-weight itself, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

l represents the weight, having the appearance of a longitudinally-extendedfigure that is preferably quadrangular in cross-section and adapted to retain the carpet A in place upon steps 2 solely by the weight of itself. The cross-section of the weight may be varied so as to present a triangle, or-it may comprise a true rectangular iigure, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

3 is the exterior shell of the weight, which is made of such size, both in cross-section and in length, as will afford a surplusage of gravity for the purpose of holding carpet A securely in` place without the aid of fasten.

ings of any kind.

In case Iwish to construct a weight having a small exterior contour, I make the shell 3 hollow, either by casting or by constructing it of sheet metal, and then pour in through a suitable open-ing, as a, left in the casting or provided in the sheet-metal shell, a proper quantity of material-such as .fused leadwhich is heavier than the metal of which said shell is composed. This permits a small weight to answer the purpose of a larger one constructed of ordinary cast-iron, which is the material I make use of in constructing solid Weights.

5 indicates the cavity within the shell7 and 6 the lling of weightier material.

4 indicates ornamental ends of the weight, which may be of any suitable pleasing design, or which may be in the form of shouldered plugs adapted to fit in the hollow ends of the weight, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

A carpet-weight thus constructed presents an ornamental appearance when contrasted with the usual covered brickbats heretofore employed. Lying close against the risers of the steps it offers no obstacle to the toes in ascending the steps, obviating all possibility of a person stumbling and falling.

It is very useful, simple, cheap to manufacture, and accomplishes its purpose in a very satisfactory manner, as actual use for several months has demonstrated.

It is contradistinguished from a stair-rod or gravity Weight for securing carpets upon stone steps, comprisingr a hollow body o1' constructed to lie closely adjacent to the risers of the steps7 mi opening in said body, the ping' for closing said opening', the ornamental ends at each end of said body, and the iilling of a heavier material than said hollow body and adapted to be introduced through said opening` and completely occupy the vacant space therein, substantially as described. 1o

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

v GUSTAVE MEISENBACl-I, JR.

Witnesses:

JN0. C. HIGDON, E. E. HIGDON. 

